4:45 PM,
Apr. 2, 2008

Julie Steiner of West Melbourne with a bread recipe adapted from "Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day" by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois.

Written by

BOB STOVER
FLORIDA TODAY

Ifthere is a Nobel prize for food science, I have a nomination. Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois of Minneapolis have made what may be the most significant advancement in food preparation since someone whipped olive oil, lemon juice and egg yolk and invented mayonnaise.

Hertzberg, a doctor, and Francois, a pastry chef, have developed a bread baking technique that is so easy, it takes away just about all the excuses home cooks had to not bake bread.